One man dead in collision with train

Orillia Today

SEVERN - One person is dead following a collision between a Canadian Pacific train and a vehicle early Tuesday morning.
The vehicle was on the tracks in the area of Upper Big Chute Road and White Pines Road
in Severn Township when it was struck by a northbound train.
“As it takes time for a train to come to a stop, emergency responders had to walk quite a distance to get to the scene,” the OPP said in a statement.
Severn fire, paramedics and Canadian Pacific Police responded to the collision, as did the regional coroner and the OPP Technical Traffic Collision Investigation Unit.
A post-mortem is scheduled on the driver of the vehicle, a 62-year-old man whose identity is not being released, pending notification of next of kin.
Upper Big Chute Road was closed, but has since reopened.
“They have cleared the site and the investigation is continuing,” said OPP Const. Shannon Petryshyn.